mattsheehe's review
4.0
A hands-on approach to learning CSS.
Part of Lynda Weinman's Hands-On Training series, this book is not your typical CSS reference. Instead, it walks the reader through a series of examples that are designed to show, rather than tell, how CSS attributes work. Better still, the examples are not nonsensical busy work. Rather, each example gets you one step closer to having your page look like the design "provided" by a graphic designer. Full of pictures and sample code, the book not only walks through CSS but explains the whys and wherefores nicely to help the reader understand not just that a particular style works but /how/ it works.
A great book for beginners, a little slow to get started for novices and better, but even experts may find useful bits here and there.
Part of Lynda Weinman's Hands-On Training series, this book is not your typical CSS reference. Instead, it walks the reader through a series of examples that are designed to show, rather than tell, how CSS attributes work. Better still, the examples are not nonsensical busy work. Rather, each example gets you one step closer to having your page look like the design "provided" by a graphic designer. Full of pictures and sample code, the book not only walks through CSS but explains the whys and wherefores nicely to help the reader understand not just that a particular style works but /how/ it works.
A great book for beginners, a little slow to get started for novices and better, but even experts may find useful bits here and there.
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